Sail of the century

SALES, not sails, have rounded the half-way mark at the Crosshaven seaside village development Brightwater, with showhouses opening this weekend in plenty of time for the biennial Ford Cork Week.

The sailing extravaganza with a flotilla of 500 craft and a party-mad entourage of thousands of hangers-on hits the Cork harbour village from July 9. Visitors coming back to 'Crosser' by boat, air or road will note a transformation of the village in just the last two years alone.

Over 100 new houses and apartments have been built, and the biggest scheme of them all, Brightwater, has over 70 sales recorded of the total of 125 homes to be built.